西方語言學流派--系統(tǒng)功能語法

1、 Systemic-functional grammar VS Traditional grammar印睿印睿 HBUT 1. Systemic functional linguistics views language as a system of choices.2. Language and context are closely interrelated.3. Context of situation (Register) consists of three parameters: Field, Tenor and Mode, which reflects three metafunc

2、tions of language: ideational, interpersonal and textual.4. Context of culture (Genre) has three dimensions: the register configuration, the texts staged or schematic structure, the realization patterns in the text. The main content of SFG The differences between traditional grammar and SFG (Gerot &

3、amp; Wignell, 1994) Systemic-functional grammar VS Transformational-generative grammar Avram Noam Chomsky 19281928年年1212月月7 7日日Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday 1925 1925年年4 4月月1313日日 Similarities*They are both schools of modern linguistics.*They both treasure synchronic description.*They both mad

4、e similar concepts like langue and parole. *Their theories both undergo several stages. Theoretical originSFGAristotleGrammaire Gnrale et RaisonneWilhelm von HumboldtZellig Sabbettai HarrisProtagoras PlatoEuropean functional linguisticsEdward Spair Benjamin Lee Whorf Sydney Lamb Kenneth L.Pike王力 羅常培

5、 TGGThe differences between TGG and SFGResearch perspectives: Psychological vs Sociological Chomskys theory initiates from his three main questions set for linguistics : a) What constitutes knowledge of language ? b) How is such knowledge acquired ? c) How is such knowledge put to use ? While Hallid

6、ay focuses on the following two questions : a) What are the social functions of language ? b) How are these functions reflected in the linguistic system ? Views on the nature of language TG Grammar views language as “a form of knowing”, rather than “a form of doing” by SF Grammars point of view. Cho

7、msky makes a distinction between “competence” and “performance”, while Halliday distinguishes “l(fā)inguistic behavior potential” and “actual linguistic behavior”. Research methods Since SF Grammar views that language is inseparable from social activities of man, it takes actual uses of language as the

8、object of study, in opposition to Chomskys TG Grammar which takes the ideal speakers linguistic competence as the object of study. So the research method of SF Grammar follows the experimental way , while the TG Grammar takes the rational way. Research features The abstract rules are the prominent f

9、eatures of TG Grammar, while the concepts of language function and language structure are greatly emphasized in SF Grammar. References1.Routledge Gerot,L.& Wignell,P.1994. Making sense of functional grammarM. Sydney:Antipodean Educational Enterprises.2.Liu Runqing & Feng Zongxin, Schools and

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